- Date
- May 13, 1988, 04:26 local (08:26 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- HI468Boeing HP-B-377
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32180
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to company personnel, as the acft rotated for takeoff, one generator tripped off the line. Then as the landing gear was selected up, the other three generators simultaineously tripped off. The acft was flown on an extended pattern while the crew manually extended the landing gear and landed the acft with no damage sustained. Examination of the landing gear system after landing revealed that the nose gear retract actuator motor had shorted out causing the generators to trip off the line. The co-plt was injured trying to manually lower the nose gear. He stepped into the unlit hatch and broke his leg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HI468
- Reported as
- Boeing HP-B-377
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53-244
- Airframe hours
- 9,370
- Engine
- P&W R-4360-59BCB2, 3,500 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Aerochago Airline S.A.
- Registered owner
- Agro Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- MDSD · Santo Domingo, OF
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami Int'L, runway 27L, 13,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,900 total · 2,100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA